Your present to me

[rudi]

I'm DJing at a Christmas thing 23rd. It's pretty cool during the year - you can get away with playing just about anything, but for the festive version I'd like to play some seasonal numbers.

Any recommendations other than the completely obvious?

If they could be accompanied with some kind of link to, say, sendspace just so I could hear them (ahem) that would be, as the thread title suggests, a wonderful, lovely gift that I'd be only too happy to accept.

The Observer did a bit about it in the latest music monthly and the nominations were so crushingly obvious it mmmade mmmmme mmmmmmmad.
x

[CaledonianGonzo]

Is this obvious or not?  I dunno...

Santa Claus Go Straight To The Ghetto by James Brown:

http://rapidshare.com/files/8039261/james.mp3

Good idea for a thread.  Let's hear a few other alternative yuletide tunes..

[The Man With Brass Eyes]

Christmas with the devil.

or Heart on Snow by Marc Almond.

[CaledonianGonzo]

http://rapidshare.com/files/8040962/05_Getting_Down_for_Xmas.mp3

Gettin' Down for Xmas.  Forget who it's by, but from an old DJ Shadow funk comp.  Sleighbell-tastic...

[Whirlybird]

First one that springs to mind is the wonderful "Alan Parsons In A Winter Wonderland" by Grandaddy.  I've got the Herb Alpert version of Winter Wonderland knocking about at the mo:

Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass - Winter Wonderland

Expect I'll be back with more when I'm not drunk and wanting to play Splinter Cell.

[CaledonianGonzo]

Space Christmas by Shonen Knife:

http://rapidshare.com/files/8041676/01_Space_Christmas.mp3

[CaledonianGonzo]

the wonderful "Alan Parsons In A Winter Wonderland" by Grandaddy

It is great, isn't it...:

http://rapidshare.com/files/8042742/It_s_a_Cool_Cool_Christmas_-_01_-_Grandaddy_-_Alan_Parsons_in_a_Winter_Wonderland.mp3

Not a Christmas song as such, but appropriately wintry:

France Gall - Chasse Neige

http://rapidshare.com/files/8040097/France_Gall_-_Chasse-neige.mp3

[Tokyo Sexwhale]

Christmas Wrapping by The Waitresses - or was that one of the obvious inclusions?

[Goldentony]

Fear - Fuck Christmas

http://www.sendspace.com/file/mt21ej

Always goes down a storm. bit short though so if you're gonna do the electric boogaloo you'd better do it quick.

[GetTheeBehindMeStan]

Anything from this

[Murdo]

Sufjan Stevens has released an xmas album there's probably some gems on it.

[The Plaque Goblin]

There's a couple of Christmas themed tunes here:

http://www.flyingbomb.com/mp3s/

[Brutus Beefcake]

They Might Be Giants - Santa's Beard

[neveragain]

Well, how'd it go then?

[rudi]

I was ace.

Cunts playing deep house, bearded twats nodding heads, girlfriends looking bored.

I found a splash of Benny Goodman, a dash of Sultans of Ping, a repeated administration of Phil Spector, a thrust of KLF and a wriggle of Jimmy Cliff soon got the less painfully cool people (ie most of the packed place) bouncing about and I left a happy, breathtakingly wasted, man a few hours later.

Happy Winterval, y'all...

xxxxx

[phes]

Cunts playing deep house
xxxxx

Ha

You shit.

[rudi]

Cunts playing deep house
xxxxx

Ha

You shit.

Which bit are you denying Phes?

The "cunt" or the "deep house" accusation?

You played breaks if I remember.

The cunt accusation I stand by 100% though.

Happy Winterval, Cunt.
xxx

[phes]

I played some silly Franz Ferdinand mixes and Ugly Duckling, Rapture, Kasabian mixes, Dutch Rhythm combo, bit of electro, Kraak and Smaak, mashup rubbish, and THEN chucked three or four mid-tempo housey numbers on at the end because i figured Jon Bewlay would play something along those lines.  

no breaks?

yours

cnut

edit - ooh yes. Happy Christmas, i owe you £20.

[Orias]

Ugly Duckling..., Dutch Rhythm combo...

Benny Goodman, ... a repeated administration of Phil Spector, a thrust of KLF and a wriggle of Jimmy Cliff

Ooh, top stuff, can I come next time?

[phes]

heh

of course. I'll drop you a PM when we've arranged 2007's nights :)

http://www.myspace.com/tapestryofdelights

[trotsky assortment]

a dash of Sultans of Ping

Their cover of Shonen Knife's 'Christmas Bubblegum Machine', per chance?